. >> let me join senator markey and his concerns. it's clear that the realities of more extreme weather require us to be engaged internationally on mitigating as much damage as we can with the new reality. senator markey is one of the leaders is someone to do something about this in terms of climate change. both are important points that the cost of these storms and loss of life and in the cost of rebuilding communities is enormous. beyond the capacities of governments to be able to respond to. then when you put certain facilities in these high-risk areas, the security issue becomes even greater and the cost greater. i thank senator markey for raising those issues. i am very impressed by the u.s. response to this storm. i thank both of you for your leadership. mr. konyndyk, wish you safe travels tomorrow. mr. marciel, wish you a speedy return here tomorrow for the second hearing on this subcommittee. we thank you both for your public service. we will continue our interest and thank you -- not only your testimony today, but willingnes

chairman. >> let me join senator markey is his concerns. it's clear that the relates of more extreme weather require uso to be engaged international ly n mitigating as much damage as wee can with the n new reality.nator of course the best course in which senator mark yees been one of the leaders is to do something about this from the standpoint of climate change. of i think both are important nt pi points, that the costnt of thes storms in loss of life and in the cost of rebuilding communities is enormous and beyond the capacities of government to be able to respond to. and then when you put certain ik facilities in these high-risk areas the security issue becomes even greater and the cost even . greater. so thanks, senator markey, for raising those issues. i am very impressed by the u.s. response to this storm, and i thank both of you for your leadership. mr. konyndyk, i wish you safe travels tomorrow.afe mr. marcel, we wish you a speedy return here tomorrow for our yo second hearing this week of the subcommittee. but we thank you both for

ed markey who, fortunately, is now a senator from massachusetts, member of the house was very concerned about it. shelby, a conservative senator, was for it. so they said let's have opt-in instead of opt-out. these are the keywords. and, basically, opt out is pretty much what they give you now. if you're upset about something and you want to go through a rigamarole, you can say i want my data not used in this way. opt in you would have been required to give explicit permission for your information to be merged with other streams of information, then turned over to brokers of information, people who sell it, and you would have control over how this information was used. it's all the difference in the world. be opt in, opt out. and markey, as i say, and others went to clinton and said, look, whatever we think of this bill -- which is a horrible bill bill -- be you're going to sign it -- if you're going to sign it which you seem determined to do, why don't you at least have this opt-in protection over the records that are being merged. and clinton refused to do that. he promised at fist, a

chairman. >> let me join senator markey and his concerns. it's clear that the realities of more extreme weather require us to be engaged internationally on mitigating as much damage as we can with the new reality. senator markey is one of the leaders is someone to do something about this in terms of climate change. both are important points that the cost of these storms and loss of life and in the cost of rebuilding communities is enormous. beyond the capacities of governments to be able to respond to. then when you put certain facilities in these high-risk areas, the security issue becomes even greater and the cost greater. i thank senator markey for raising those issues. i am very impressed by the u.s. response to this storm. i thank both of you for your leadership. mr. konyndyk, wish you safe travels tomorrow. mr. marciel, wish you a speedy return here tomorrow for the second hearing on this subcommittee. we thank you both for your public service. we will continue our interest and thank you -- not only your testimony today, but willingnes

markey: thank you. i rise today in support of equal treatment for all americans. the employee nondiscrimination act or enda is aimed at protecting all lesbians, gay, by sexual and transgender americans from workplace discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender. all americans deserve to be free from discrimination in the workplace and enda is a crucial step to ensuring equal treatment. i have been a cosponsor of the employee nondiscrimination act every time it was introduced in congress since the bill was first drafted in 1994. two years later, in 1996, i was one of only 67 members of the house of representatives to vote against the defense of marriage act. that seems like ancient history now, so long ago. and i am proud to say that the employee nondiscrimination act has its roots in my home state of massachusetts. back in 1994, it was originally written by two titans of massachusetts politics, congressman gerry studds in the house of representatives and senator ted kennedy here in the united states senate. we're coming up now to close to 20 years si

senator cain deferred to senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. thank you each of you for your service. you've got very tough jobs. i think we all know that. i also think we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility given what we've learned after we intervened in iraq, in libya and afghanistan. after what we've seen go on in egypt we should have a little humility in the united states in terms of our ability to control events on the ground in these countries in a way that allows us to basically in eye-watering detail be able to move the pieces around inside of any country. i just hope we all keep a little bit humble here begin what we've already gone through over the last several years. not with standing our concern for the humanitarian crisis and our desire to see assad be removed. may i ask you, mr. ford, if you could give us a little bit of an update at the al qaeda forces coming from iraq, on some of these other extremist groups. where they are making it. and where that support is coming from so we can understand the nature of the thr

. >> senator mccain has deferred to senator markey. >> thank you for your service.ou have very tough jobs. i think we all know that. i also think that we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility, given what we have learned after we intervened in iraq, in libya, and afghanistan, and after what we have seen go on in egypt. we should have a little humility in the united states in terms of our ability to control events on the ground from this country that allows us to, basically in eye watering detail move the pieces around in another country. notwithstanding our concern for the humanitarian practice and our desire to see assad be removed. may i ask you, mr. ford, if you could give us a little bit of an update of the al qaeda forces coming from a rack -- iraq, some of these other extremist groups, the moves they are making and where they are making it, and where the support is coming from. so that we can understand the nature of the threat that we see to the moderates being successful. >> first, senator, i appreciate your understanding about the amount of res

american public are feeling now about the limits of our efforts in this part of the world as senator markey mentioned. we need to have humility about the effects of our outcofment >> disarming syria is just one issue. the other is is the civil war that has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people and created a humanitarian crisis while racing for another two years. with the talks in geneva, robert ford says the u.s. must continue its support to the syrian opposition to strengthen their hand with the u.s. and the opposition will demand assad step down from power. but ultimately this is a problem that needs to be solved by syrians not but u.s. missiles. >> syrians must fix this problem and ultimately senator it's going to require them to sit down at a table. the sooner they start, the better. but in the meantime, we will keep helping the opposition, senator. >> in response, senator bob corker and john mccain one of the fearest war hawks in the senate express regret that the u.s. hasn't done more militarily to help the opposition. >> i think the help to the opposition has been an embarras

senator markey is here. he will be recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. so in the wake of the disaster, there's also a risk of secondary disasters, unsanitary drinking water, rapidly spreading virus. what precautions and measures are being taken to protect outbreaks of infectious diseases? i don't know if that question had been asked? >> no, it has not. >> thank you, senator. that is a major concern of ours. we have been putting a very attentive focus on the health sector from the usaid side. we have not seen any -- we have not seen and the department of health has not seen indications of disease outbreaks. it's also a risk in this situation as you know because of a lot of standing water and often poor sanitation. that's why from the beginning usaid and our colleagues have prioritized water and sanitation in our response so that people have access to clean water and that they can address some of the sanitary issues and hygiene issues that go hand in hand with that increased disease risk. >> will our ship the "uss mercy" be deployed? >> senator, at this po

military to solve problems around the world there were senators ed markey in tim kaine both democrats we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility given what we've learned after we intervened in iraq in libya in afghanistan. after what we've seen go on in egypt so we should just have a little humility in the united states terms of our ability to control events on the ground in these countries there's a fatigue that the american public are feeling now about the limits of our efforts in this part of the world as senator mark you mentioned the kind of we've we we've had you brits and now we have you melody about the effects of our outcomes ultimately though disarming syria of chemical weapons is just one issue the other is the civil war that has claimed the lives of more than one hundred thousand people and created a humanitarian crisis while raging for more than two years with another round of talks in geneva slated for next month the american ambassador to syria robert ford argued that the u.s. must continue its support to the syrian opposition to strengthen their hand headin

senator markey is here. and he will be recognized.>> t >> thank you. mr. chairman. very much. so in the wake of the disaster there is also a risk of secondary disasters, unsanitaryi drinking water, rapidly spreading virus.readin what precautions and measures et are beingio taken to prevent to outbreaks of infectious diseases? and i don't know if thatre question had been asked. >> no, it had not.tion it's a good question. >> thank you, senator. that is a major concern of ours. and we have been putting a very attentive focus on the health sector from the u.s. a.i.d. said. at this point we have not seen - and the department of department of health has not seen ons indications of disease outbreaks. it's always a risk in this kind of a situation as you note because of a lot of standing water and often poor sanitation. and that's why from the very beginning u.s.a.i.d. in partnership with our d.o.d. colleagues have really prioritized water and sanitation in our response, so that people have access to clean water and that they can address some of the sanitary issues and hygiene issues

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senator markey. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. we have represented duckworth here an american hero and she is in a wheelchair. we pass the ada that -- on-ramps for those wheelchairs everywhere in our country and it would be great if we could go around the world as well and know that we are moving in that same direction. and we thank you so much for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada , i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee so closed-captioning for tv insuring a phone system is available for a deaf and blind person as well. in the 1996 telecom act extended that as well but then in 2010 i authored with cliff stearns a conservative republican on the house side in mark pryor on the senate side with very conservative republicans we were able to pass a law that said everyone of these wireless devices had to have an on ramp for for the deaf and the blind. we had to negotiate with the consumer electronics association, this massive organization of thousands of companies because they had to sign off on it. and no

. >> senator markey. >> i thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's great to have tammy duckworth year, an american hero, and she's in a wheelchair. and in 1990 we passed the ada, and we make sure there were on ramps for those wheelchairs everywhere in our country. it would be great if you could go anywhere in the world as well and know that we were moving in that same direction. and we thank you so much for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada, i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee, so close captioning for tv sets, or ensuring that a phone system is available for deaf and blind person as well. in the 1996 telecom act, extend that as well. but then in 2010, i authored with cliff stearns, a very conservative republican and outside, and mark pryor who will be here on this insight, very concerned republicans, were able to pass a law that said everyone of these wireless devices had to have an on ramp for the deaf and the blind. we had to negotiate with the consumer electronics association, this massive organization of thous

. >> markey williams laying it out. north carolina would take a 25-24 lead, looking to pull off the upset. ross martin, from 27 yards out - it's the biggest three pointer in football history, it's a winner. advancing to their first ever a.c.c. campionship game where they face number two. >> before you are sissicly tough you have to be mentally tough. to be mentally tough you need great character. they believe in each other and themselves. it's a big deal. >> six years ago a lot thought you were nuts to take the job. now you have 10 win, and a.c.c. coastal division title. describe your emotions? >> i'm almost ready to cry. i'm proud of so many people. this is about a lot of people. that is what is beautiful. >> iowa dropped the korn huskers to eight and 4. nebraska head coach on the hot seat. he doesn't care if he's fired. >> they want to fire me, go ahead. i belief in what i have done. i don't apologise, i don't apologise for you or to anybody. >> bo pelini makes $3 million, signing for 2017. shawn eichorst is supportin

. >> senator ed markey.ou heard from the most injured survivor and i want to bring in reverend walker and boston globe photographer who took a picture from the bombing. welcome to both of you. reverend walker very inspiring interview with a survivor, one of the worst injured of the survivors shows me the spirit of everyone connected with boston following that appalling attack. >> absolutely, and we certainly wish mark and his family the best as he continues to struggle with his recovery, but it is that spirit. it's that spirit of not giving up the it's that spirit of community. it's that spirit of hope and that's what keeps us going in boston. this is a great time to be in this city. it is just electric. >> john, we spoke many times since that dreadful day. you were there last night, a very different day. whats the atmosphere for you like personality to be there for such a great moment for boston? >> to me it was magical. it was an amazing night to be where i was, to cover, you know, i consider it a historic

markey: thank the chair. i want to begin by thanking chairman harkin, ranking member alexander, senators franken and roberts, and all of their staffs for their tremendous leadership on this bill. this bill was also developed in concert with our counterparts in the house of representatives, and i extend my thanks to ranking member henry waxman and chairman fred upton and their staffs of the energy and commerce committee. what we have now is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that addresses two very serious issues: the safety of compounded drugs and the security of our entire drug supply. last fall an outbreak of fungal meningitis stunned the nation and thus far has claimed the lives of 64 people and sickened 751 in 20 states. this issue hits home for me because it started in massachusetts. at the center of this tragedy was the new england compounding center, also known as necc, and it was located in framingham, massachusetts. i met some of these victims of this terrible outbreak and heard about their struggles, like

senator markey from massachusetts introduced legislation to ensure that privacy is protected if and when all starts to take off. >> what's the reason, major reason, behind this push for integrati integration? >> they look at these things as the next phase of flight. talking about innovation here. and so that also means revenue. if you think about it for a company itching to use a so-called drone, they may argue that they'll be able to deliver goods to customers like yourself a lot cheaper than delivering it using maybe, you know, delivery person and doing it by ground. of course think about fuel. for them and for many companies it's all about the economics, the bottom line. >> whole any world potentially out there, drones or unmanned air craft. this could fly if it had the batteries. >> yes. it f. it had the batteries it would be hovering like us just like this. >> good work. >>> a new report today that's shedding more light on how personal date taps collects by the government as part of counterterrorism intelligence gathering operation. "the new york times" says cia paying at&t more tha

another committee on till late july, and change iner the membership after the election of senator ed markey, there was a switching of the committee chairs, and i am very excited to tackle this important region as is described in this building as from marrakesh to bangladesh, and my chairmanship is beginning with a hearing on north africa, and within that, there are unmanageably large scope of real estate. we sometimes pay less attention to it than we should, and i want to begin here and especially in a propitious way, especially since the king of morocco is visiting a white house this week. i thought it was a good thing to do in coincidence with his visit. three years ago, a young a wave ofnleashed protest across north africa, the broader middle east, and also across the world. affectingpring is each of the countries in north africa, and some have maintained political continuity during the arab spring. we will likely hear about some security status and political reform status about each of those countries today. tunisia and libya have undergone intense violent change. dissipating in a natio

. >> markey have to ask you this. i know so many people there lost their lives.ve this? >> we survived because probably there are things that are coming in -- i mean, the typhoon was coming and then we were just prepared for it. and it's just so unfortunate that there are some places in our country that how prepared they were, but and the safest place that they were able to be evacuate but still, they were adrift of the typhoon. i mean and that's just so sad. >> and mark, we've seen the damage in tacloban. and cebu is also a place that was pretty hard hit. what is it like there now? are people getting the help that they need? and what is the damage like in cebu? >> well, right now, the relief effort is on its way. one of the problems really right now is the transportation since we are a group of islands and reaching one island to the other is really one of the hardest things. and what makes it really worse is that even land you cannot reach in those areas because there are debris around. there are airports but runways are not working. debris is around. so it's ju

he told the liberals had the guy from berkeley, and then he had my friend eddie markey is now the senatorfrom massachusetts together and he said i've been with this movement but it's going to nurse the president when he's is in reiki that. let's go on that when he's meeting over there and these guys are crying because they know they can win the fight. they decide not to call it. these little backroom -- it's not about praying with the guy, expressing, community, it's on the big stuff, especially common patriotism. i think it was the. the other thing is, always been able to talk. you may disappointed i know your political point you made rather well. i would offer a different version which is willing to talk because any marriage you have to deal together again to be able to committee. all this irish stuff they did together, the jokes and the parties and all that stuff together i think kept the door open. you could call a break in and thank you, it's after six. or reagan would do the same to them. they were able to communicate, negotiate all these deals. that's what my book is about, being g

this week massachusetts senator ed markey introduced a bill calls for drone regulations. >> we need toprotections attached to them. if it's being used in way that allows drones to spy on families in their backyards, then that's not right. >> reporter: in their roadmap the faa says it will select six sites in the u.s. to test drone safety and how they will detect and avoid other aircraft. there will be safety standards and pilots will need to be serlt feed but in a statement the agency said the faa's mission does not extend to regulating privacy. the concern is that almost anyone with a few hundred bucks can make a drone. when we profiled camera company gopro, they attached one of their 200 mini cameras to a remote control plane. it basically bake a drone creating crystal clear video. within five years, 7,500 commercial drones will be whizzing through the sky. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >>> the food and drug administration says artificial trans fats are not safe to eat so the agency wants the food industry to get rid of all the additives. it will prevent 20,000 hear

although we have some people in office, ed markey, joe barton, al franken who are concerned about thesessues. and the federal trade commission is considering a "do not track" law. we have a "do not call" list so why not a "do not track" law that weprevents people from tracking us without our advance position. i think it is good idea and find full of what dave berry once said and that was the "do not call" list was the greatest government invention second only to the elvis stamp. >> but you tell the story in your book, lori andrews, of a law student of yours who tried to disable all of the cookies that track him throughout his day and it took him forever. >> it does make you forever. and that is why i think the default should be opt-in rather than opt-out. you have to try to figure out which company put them on and you cannot find out. go to the company and say could you take me off. and then there is a perverse things as some company with the "do not track" achieved this guy putting the cookie on there. and if you disable them it puts you back into the tracking. right now being able to

introduced by senator ed markey of massachusetts. he just joined this year. he is one of the leading clean energy advocates on capitol hill. he cosponsored the climate change bill in 2009 with waxman, he has been planning he wanted this to be his first legislation in the senate. it says electric utilities have to provide 25% of their electricity from renewable solar, -- wind., geothermal, by 2020 five. electric utilities and natural gas have to meet efficiency targets within a period. the second was introduced by tom udall and mike udall. their first cousins, they had a similar bill, 25% by 2025 renewable energy requirement, i don't believe they had the efficiency with theirs. the raf -- ref is popular at the state level. ranging fromevels 15% to 25% over the next decade or decade and a half. it is popular among clean energy advocates and environmentalists, it does not have a lot of chance of gaining traction in this congress. republicans are in charge of the house, they're very resistant to any sort of mandate, that is what an ref is. about realng energies a

this week massachusetts senator ed markey introduced a bill calls for drone regulations. >> we need toif it's being used in way that allows drones to spy on families in their backyards, then that's not right. >> reporter: in their roadmap the faa says it will select six sites in the u.s. to test drone safety and how they will detect and avoid other aircraft. there will be safety standards and pilots will need to be serlt feed but in a statement the agency said the faa's mission does not extend to regulating privacy. the concern is that almost anyone with a few hundred bucks can make a drone. when we profiled camera company gopro, they attached one of their 200 mini cameras to a remote control plane. it basically bake a drone creating crystal clear video. within five years, 7,500 commercial drones will be whizzing through the sky. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >>> the food and drug administration says artificial trans fats are not safe to eat so the agency wants the food industry to get rid of all the additives. it will prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 death as y

markey and others went to clinton and said look whatever we think of this bill which is a horrible billthat ushered in the economic crisis of the last eight years if we are going to sign up what you seem determined to do why don't you at least have this opt in protection over the records that are being merged and clinton refused to do that. he promised at first and then he betrayed that. that remains the again you're the person i want to address this too. what do you think about that? is it too late for the requirement? is this the battle we should be having? >> i think we need to be having several battles on the number of different fronts. i love the idea of opting in. >> does everybody understand what we mean? >> i also don't think it's ever too late. i have a favorite passage i want to read the fleet. a quotation from committee chair frank church of the church committee that was formed after revelations of colintelpro were brought forward by citizens who broke into the fbi and local office in pennsylvania. at that time out raged publicly was so enormous that the programs were quickly

senator markey. >> thank thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's great to have tammy duckworth here. in 1990 we passed the ada. it made sure there were onramp for the wheelchair everywhere in our country. it would be great if she could go anywhere in the world and we are moving in the same direction. we thank you for your service. back in 1990 when we did the ada, i was the chairman of the telecommunications committee. so closed captioning for tv set or ensuring that a phone system is available for a deaf and blind person in the 1996 telecom act extended that as well. but then in 2010, -- very conservative will be here on the conservative site with conservative republican. able to. a law saying every one of the wireless devices had to have an onramp. we had to negotiate the massive organization of thousand of companies because they have to sign off on it. and now the deaf and blind can use the device no matter where they are. wouldn't it be a good thing if it was true for the whole world? all deaf and all blind had the capacity? i would like t

they include senators mikulski, tim johnson, menendez, wicker, moran and markey. the goal -- i won't go through all of the important statistics that have been related during this floor presentation by my colleagues, but our goal is to make sure that the national plan which is being developed to address alzheimer's is carried out. we want to reinforce the initial steps toward greater investment and finding answers. i think everyone is on that same track. we believe that supporting the goals and implementation of the national alzheimer's project act and the national plan to address alzheimer's disease is the right course to follow. achieving these goals means federal funding must be there to implement it. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan resolution and reinforce our national commitment to turning around the seeming inevitability of this terrible, terrible disease. i look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure investments are made in alzheimer's research. and, mr. president, let me just say parenthetically, if you think that we can sequester f

senator cain deferred to senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much.ank you each of you for your service. you've got very tough jobs. i think we all know that. i also think we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility given what we've learned after we intervened in iraq, in libya and afghanistan. after what we've seen go on in egypt we should have a little humility in the united states in terms of our ability to control events on the ground in these countries in a way that allows us to basically in eye-watering detail be able to move the pieces around inside of any country. i just hope we all keep a little bit humble here begin what we've already gone through over the last several years. not with standing our concern for the humanitarian crisis and our desire to see assad be removed. may i ask you, mr. ford, if you could give us a little bit of an update at the al qaeda forces coming from iraq, on some of these other extremist groups. where they are making it. and where that support is coming from so we can understand the nature of the threat

. >> senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman very much. can we talk about something in addition to the obvious benefits that will flow to people with disabilities, and that is that which will flow to american businesses if we have been international standards that is about 56 million people in the united states with disabilities, but there are about a billion people in the world with disabilities. so, for example, if we just take something like a u.s. law standard that says all of these devices have to be now accessible to the deaf and the blind and you multiply that by the thousands of companies in the united states but now have a part of this communications revolution, what could it mean for the american business if the standards are adopted in the countries all across the world. what could it mean in terms of practical benefits for the u.s. economy? if we join the rest of the world ratifying the journey that we are going on in terms of what that additional benefit would be for the country. >> you mentioned in my opening comment about th

. >> thank you, senator markey. i'm still conflicted, okay? you have to help set me straight. you work with the guard. you talk with the folks, and they hear you, they believe you, but does it prepare them for these creeps that will descend on them? i mean, one is a generalize warning, and you hope they're listening and the rest of it, but see, i'm torn between that approach and between getting all the attorney generals in the united states at one of their semiannual -- i mean, how many meetings do you have? >> probably have one -- we have one every late february early march in washington, d.c. perfect for that discussion. >> well, i mean, i'm torn between -- as i say that, i'm rude because you're working so hard, all of you, to get the word out and to educate people and to create stress so that they're alert and avoid some of these problems. i keep coming back to what you said. that is, they are kids. you used the word "22, 23, 24, 24,25", that's a kid. in terms of this stuff, they have not settled back out of the military, and, therefore, into a neighborhood where they in th

although we have some people in office -- senator ed markey, oh, congressman joe barton, senator al franken -- who are concerned about these issues. and the central trade commission is considering something like a do not track law -- the federal trade commission. we already have a do not call list, so why not a do not track list that prevents people from tracking us and companies and marketers and google and so forth without our advance permission. i think it's a good idea, and i'm mindful of what the great american humorist dave barry once said which is that the do not call list was the greatest government invention second only to the elvis stamp. >> host: but, lori andrews, you tell the story in your book of a law student of yours who tried to disable all the cookies that track him throughout his day, and it took him forever. >> guest: it does take you forever, and that's why i think the default should be opt in rather than opt out. right now cookies are put on your computer, and you have to try to figure out which company put it on which you often can't find out. go to the company and sa

then with the change in the membership of the frc occasioned by the election of senator edward -- ad markey'm excited to tackle this region as described herein this building to bangladesh. and i'm excited to begin my chairmanship with a hearing on north africa. within very broad and publicly unmanageably broad scope of real estate, north africa and sometimes pay less attention to it than i think we should, and i wanted to begin here and especially in a way since king mohammed the sixth of mark o is visiting the white house this week i thought it was a good thing to do, and in coincidence with his visit. three years ago a young tunisian man waved a mass political protest and change across north africa. the broader middle east, and also across the world. the era of the spring has affected each of the countries of north africa that we will discuss today. morocco and algeria maintained basic political continuity during the arab spring. we will likely hear about significant security status and political reforms that us about each of the countries today. tunisia and libya has undergone fundamenta

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period for an hour. the majority will control the first half. the republicans the final half. following that morning business the senate will resume consideration of the defense authorization bill. we'll debate the sexual assault issue for up to six hours, and i hope we can reach agreement on the ability to vote on those two amendments. people worked very hard on arriving at a point where we can debate this issue. i hope we can do that. i think it would be very appropriate that we have that issue resolved as quickly as possible. mr. president, i'm told that s. 1737 is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 1737, a bill to provide for an incr

introduced by senator ed markey of massachusetts. he just joined this year.is one of the leading clean energy advocates on capitol hill. he cosponsored the climate change bill in 2009 with waxman, he has been planning he wanted this to be his first legislation in the senate. it says electric utilities have to provide 25% of their electricity from renewable solar, -- wind., geothermal, by 2020 five. electric utilities and natural gas have to meet efficiency targets within a period. the second was introduced by tom udall and mike udall. their first cousins, they had a similar bill, 25% by 2025 renewable energy requirement, i don't believe they had the efficiency with theirs. the raf -- ref is popular at the state level. ranging fromevels 15% to 25% over the next decade or decade and a half. it is popular among clean energy advocates and environmentalists, it does not have a lot of chance of gaining traction in this congress. republicans are in charge of the house, they're very resistant to any sort of mandate, that is what an ref is. about realng energies and l

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. >> let me see if senator markey has questions. >> if you could expand a little bit more on iran and russia and what you would propose that we do in order to extract the kind of actions that you believe are necessary for us to bring assad to the table. >> good to see you, senator markey. >> good to see you, sir. >> i've talked to the russians and iranians about this. i think they're quite sympathetic to the idea. they haven't agreed to it by any means, but it suits their interest because they want to do something in the end that protects their allies, the alawites. and they see they're not foolish. they see down the line that assad is not going to be able to stay in power and that regime is not going to be able to stay in power, but they want enough protection for them and that this presents somewhat of an answer for them. so i think we need to have this overall strategy and go and talk to them with that strategy in mind. we can't just say, hey, let's have a geneva conference. it won't work. >> and let me just, if i may, because administration officials. didn't want us specifically c